Artist: REM
Song: Imitation of Life

I tried to make it easier to read and put info next to the chords:
2  = play for 2 bars
1/2  = play for half a bar
  
[Intro]
   2                1/2  2

[Verse 1]
            
    Charades, 

            
pop skill wate

           
r hyacinth,
             
 named by a po

           
et. Imitation 

                
of life
          
    like a koi

             
 in a frozen p

             
ond like a gol

       
dfish in a bow

l
            
I don't want t

                       
o hear you cry

[Chorus]
             
That's sugarca

          
ne that tasted

 good
            
That's cinnamo

           
n, that's Holl

    
ywood
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

              
 you try

[Verse 2]
            
    You want t

            
he greatest th

      
ing
             
the greatest t

              
hing since bre

 
ad came sliced
            
   You've got 

            
it all, you've

                      
 got it sized
           
    like a Fri

             
day fashion sh

                     
ow teenager
             
freezing in th

    
e corner
            
trying to look

             
 like you don'

           
t try

[Chorus]
             
That's sugarca

        
ne that tasted

 good
            
That's cinnamo

           
n, that's Holl

    
ywood
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

              
 you try

[Middle] 
2   2   2   2   4                 

[Chorus]
             
That's sugarca

              
ne that tasted


 good
            
That's freezin

              
g rain, that's

     
 what you coul

d
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

            
 you cry

(Play softly or single stroke) 
             
This sugarcane

          
, this lemonad

e
            
This hurricane

       
, I'm not afra


id
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

         
 me cry
             
This lightning

              
 storm, this t

 
idal wave
            
This avalanche

          
, I'm not afra

 
id
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

      
 me cry

             
That's sugarca

        
ne that tasted

 good
            
That's who you

              
 are, that's w

    
hat you could
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

          
 you try

             
That's sugarca

         
ne that tasted

 good
            
That's who you

             
 are, that's w

  
hat you could
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

        
 you cry------

 
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             1/2  1/2
             
C'mon, c'mon, 

            
no one can see

             
 you cry